As the new year begins, I often find myself in a strange place — reflecting back at the previous year or looking forward to the…

Working solo is one of the benefits of being a freelance web designer. You don’t have a boss breathing down your neck or tracking every…

A Green Book for AI apps Where to build, where to borrow, and how to leave. NotebookLM’s visual interpretation of the 1946 edition of The Green Book I…

Who’s spotting you when you automate Designing for humans in high-pressure environments. A good spotter reduces your fear of a catastrophe. They’ve positioned themselves close enough…

AI prompts feel productive, but real AI success depends on systems thinking and design. Continue reading on UX Collective »   This post first appeared…

Visual Studio Code has become the default code editor for much of the software industry. Most modern teams recommend it by default, and many go…

Modern web applications are increasingly sensitive to when work happens, not just what work happens. User input, scroll events, analytics tracking, and API requests all…

I treated my board game like a product. How UX practices and “killing my darlings” improved its UI, simplified the game, and maxed the fun!…

User research is one of the most important things we can do to design a truly valuable, successful product. That should be one of the…

What actually goes into a good prompt, and why most advice skips this If you’re trying to learn how to write good Figma Make prompts, you’ve…

This article is a sponsored by Penpot Imagine that your Penpot file contains a full icon set in addition to the design itself, which uses…

A story from the field: the day safeguarding became real Laptop, phone and book chained together, symbolising safeguarding and data security in user research fieldwork. Source: Pexels.…

We have decades of data proving design’s business value. So why do we still lose every budget fight? Generated using Midjourney I’ve watched it happen too…